Will the Raiders play at AT&T Park next season? Talks...

1of15Grounds crews pain stripes on the field at AT&T Park in San Francisco after the Giants home field was converted into a football field Wednesday Jan 5, 2011. Nevada-Reno will play Boston College in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl Sunday night.Photo: Lance Iversen / The Chronicle

2of15AT&T Park, jewel of American ballparks. Click ahead to see 13 fun facts about the stadium.Photo: Ezra Shaw, Getty Images

3of15The Giants once had a trained squad of dogs who were supposed to retrieve splash hits from McCovey Cove. BARK (the Baseball Aquatic Retrieval Korps) was comprised of five Portuguese water dogs who were specially trained to swim the waters of the cove in search of home run balls. Sadly, the cove was so crowded with other watercraft that it was too dangerous for the doggies. The program was discontinued.Photo: VINCE MAGGIORA

4of15On Opening Day at Pacific Bell Park, radio broadcasters Ted Robinson and Duane Kuiper stepped aside to let Lon Simmons call the first inning. The accomplishment meant Simmons had called the opening game at all three of the Giants' SF stadiums: Seals Stadium (1958), Candlestick (1960) and AT&T.Photo: William S. Young / The Chronicle

5of15Did you know that the Coke slide was supposed to fizz with real bubbles when the Giants scored? Unfortunately, the technology never worked so it was abandoned.Photo: Loren Elliott, The Chronicle

6of15High tech! AT&T Park opened the 2004 season fully wifi-enabled, the first professional sports venue to do so. The park claimed it made AT&T Park one of the biggest public hotspots in the world.Photo: Michael Macor

7of15Blocking the wind was a special consideration when building AT&T Park. A team of UC Davis engineers helped designers create a park that best shielded fans from the cold bay winds. They claimed AT&T has wind levels half those at Candlestick Park. Photo: Mike Kepka, The Chronicle

8of15The park was also designed to have a central "cold room." There, beer was stored and distributed to concession stands via copper and steel tubes so vendors wouldn't have to lug around barrels.Photo: John Storey, Special to the Chronicle

9of15AT&T Park got that huge, fancy high-def scoreboard in 2007. The old one was still fully functional though so instead of throwing it out, it was donated to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena to be used for parts.Photo: Santiago Mejia, The Chronicle

10of15A major consideration for building the ballpark was, of course, seismic safety. The park rests on 2,103 concrete piles to make the site safer.Photo: Michael Macor / The Chronicle

11of15Remember Rusty? The horrible mechanical baseball player was part of an Old Navy sponsorship when the park opened. The over five ton old timey baseball player was removed after experiencing technical problems and, thankfully, never replaced.Photo: ERIC RISBERG, AP

13of15AT&T Park was designed by Populous (formerly HOK Sport Venue Event), one of the most prolific stadium designers in the world. They've done nearly every major stadium project over the past decade, including the new Yankee Stadium, Target Field, Busch Stadium, the Great American Ball Park, Heinz Field, NRG Stadium, Marlins Park and Wembley and the Emirates in London.Photo: Panoramic Images, Getty Images/Panoramic Images

14of15Only three American League players have had a splash hit at the park: David Ortiz, Adam Dunn and Mitch Moreland. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle

15of15In 1996, the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company won the bid to purchase naming rights for the new stadium. The price? Fifty million over 24 years. That looks like a hell of a bargain now. Citi is paying $21 million per year for the Mets' Citi Field.Photo: Michael Macor, SFC

The Raiders have had preliminary talks about playing home games at AT&T Park in San Francisco for the 2019 season, according to a source familiar with the discussions.

The Raiders, who plan to relocate to Las Vegas in 2020, are in need of a temporary home for next season. The team withdrew Dec. 12 from a tentative deal to remain through 2019 at its current home of the Coliseum — one day after the city of Oakland sued the Raiders over their impending move.

Nothing between the Raiders and Giants is expected to be finalized before January, as details of a possible agreement still need to be hashed out, the source told The Chronicle. NBC Sports Bay Area first reported the talks Friday.

One issue, as noted by the NFL Network, could involve territorial rights. Article 4.2(A)(1) of the NFL’s bylaws states that the 49ers and Raiders have “exclusive right” to play in their cities, and that “neither the San Francisco nor the Oakland club shall have any right to play professional football in the city of the other without the consent of the other club.”

The 49ers have played home games at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara since 2014. Sharing Levi’s with the 49ers has been suggested as a possible solution for the Raiders, as have playing next season in a city without an NFL team, like San Diego, or at a college stadium.

Playing at AT&T Park would allow the Raiders to remain close to their fan base and team headquarters in Alameda for one last season before relocation. AT&T Park would probably seat between 38,000 and 40,000 fans for football games.

Speaking to Las Vegas’ Fox affiliate on Thursday, Raiders owner Mark Davis said the team has “options” for where to play in 2019 and will “look at those when the season’s over.” Raiders president Marc Badain told the TV station the team will “talk to a few potential options that minimize the disruption of the football team (and) provide a good experience for the fans.”

The Raiders did not comment Friday.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said earlier this month the league needs to know where the Raiders will play in 2019 by January or February for scheduling purposes.

Oakland filed a federal lawsuit Dec. 11 against the Raiders, the NFL and its 31 other teams, calling the Raiders’ move to Las Vegas “illegal” and demanding compensation for hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. The following day, the Raiders withdrew from a tentative $7.5 million lease agreement with the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Authority to play their 2019 home games at the Coliseum.

While a return has not been expressly ruled out, the Raiders’ upcoming Christmas Eve game against the Broncos could be their last at the Coliseum. Head coach Jon Gruden has said he hopes the Raiders remain in Oakland next season.

The Raiders played their first-ever season, in 1960, at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco before moving to Candlestick Park for one season in 1961. They played three seasons at Oakland’s Frank Youell Field before playing their first season at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in 1966.

AT&T Park, the home of the Giants since 2000, has hosted football in the past. The XFL’s San Francisco Demons played their only season there in 2001 before the league folded. Cal played home games there in 2011 while Memorial Stadium was renovated, and AT&T hosted a college bowl game, under names including the Emerald and Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, from 2002-13.

When situated for football, the end zones at AT&T Park are located near the first-base dugout and the left-field fence.